Kapustin: 8 Concert Etudes; Piano Sonata No. 6 & Other Works
10/27/2023, 24 Tracks, 1:17:18
Featuring
Marc-André Hamelin
Nikolai Kapustin
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Composer Biography
During his studies at the Moscow Conservatory, Nikolai Kapustin discovered jazz and toured the Soviet Union for eleven years with Oleg Lundström's Jazz Orchestra.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Nikolai Kapustin decided to fuse classical structure and jazz idiom because he had never heard it done before and felt it was "real" when he started.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Nikolai Kapustin believes he has more control over his material when working within traditional Western classical piano forms, stating, "you cannot make an improvisation of a sonata."
Composer's Artistic Vision
According to writer Leslie De'Ath, jazz pianist Oscar Peterson was the single most influential figure on Nikolai Kapustin's music.
Composer Biography
Nikolai Kapustin, born in Ukraine in 1937, began playing piano at age seven and studied with a pupil of Felix Blumenfeld, who also taught Simon Barere and Vladimir Horowitz.
Performer Biography
Marc-André Hamelin, the pianist on this recording, won First Prize at the 1985 Carnegie Hall International American Music Competition and has been called a "supervirtuoso."
Composer's Artistic Vision
Nikolai Kapustin considers jazz his creative "mouthpiece" and has internalized its stylistic evolution from Scott Joplin to Keith Jarrett.
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